Lucille Roybal-Allard

Lucille Roybal-Allard (12 June 1941-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-CA 33) from 3 January 1993 to 3 January 2003 (succeeding David Dreier and preceding Diane Watson), from CA 34 from 3 January 2003 to 3 January 2013 (succeeding Grace Napolitano and preceding Xavier Becerra), and from CA 40 from 3 January 2013 (succeeding Ed Royce).

Biography
Lucille Roybal was born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California in 1941, the daughter of Representative Edward R. Roybal. She was a public relations officer and fund raising executive before serving in the State Assembly from 1986 to 1992 and in the US House of Representatives from 1993. She was the first Mexican-American woman to serve in the US Congress, and she was a member of the Progressive Democrats.